It's pretty interesting to see some people add some really subjective picks on their lists a long with something like The Godfather. Not that there's anything wrong with that, just that I couldn't picture comparing some of them and putting them in the same tier. Again, it's interesting how some people see quality.
The Passion of Joan of Arc Andrei Rublev The Seventh Seal Seven Samurai Winter Light Stalker Zerkalo Yi Yi The Spirit of the Beehive La Strada 8 1/2 The Elephant Man Fires on the Plain Nanook of the North Wild Strawberries High and Low The 400 Blows Le Samourai Army of Shadows Le Cercle Rouge Late Spring Criea Curveos Diabloique Once Upon a Time in America If..... Psycho Umberto D Bicycle Thief 12 Angry Men La Jetee Au Revoir Les Enfants The Conformist M The Rules of the Game Aguirre: Wrath of God Diary of a Country Priest Young Torless Le Trou Twenty Four Eyes The Killing Paths of Glory Clockwork Orange 2001: A Space Odyssey The Double Life of Veronique Last Year in Marienbad Hiroshima Mon Armour Playtime The Crowd Harikiri The Bridge on the River of Kwai Cries and Whispers Brazil The Great Dictator City Lights The Gold Rush Amadeus Loves of a Blonde Ikiru La Haine The Silence Spoorloos Kaidan The Third Man Chinatown Repulsion Knife in the Water Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? Battleship Potemkin The Conversation Citizen Kane F for Fake Sunset Blvd. To Name a few....Jazz_Fan
Have you seen all of those? I've seen quite a few of them and think most are great choices I'd agree with. Just Psycho sticks out, I don't think it's even Hitchcocks best and wouldn't consider it one of the GOATS. I wish I had more time to see some the rest of those movies on your list.
Have you seen all of those? I've seen quite a few of them and think most are great choices I'd agree with. Just Psycho sticks out, I don't think it's even Hitchcocks best and wouldn't consider it one of the GOATS. I wish I had more time to see some the rest of those movies on your list.R0cky_Racc00n
Yes, I have seen all of them. Psycho is my favorite Hitchcock because it's his most interesting character study and it's also a very daring film and as I said before I forgot quite a lot of films, like Casablanca, Rashomon, Battle of Aligers and Children of Paradise from your list...
[QUOTE="R0cky_Racc00n"] Have you seen all of those? I've seen quite a few of them and think most are great choices I'd agree with. Just Psycho sticks out, I don't think it's even Hitchcocks best and wouldn't consider it one of the GOATS. I wish I had more time to see some the rest of those movies on your list.Jazz_Fan
Yes, I have seen all of them. Psycho is my favorite Hitchcock because it's his most interesting character study and it's also a very daring film. I've just kind of seen most of Hitchcok as overrated and I think the ending really ruined it for me. My favorite of his is Lifeboat. Just love the suspense and everything.
[QUOTE="Jazz_Fan"][QUOTE="R0cky_Racc00n"] Have you seen all of those? I've seen quite a few of them and think most are great choices I'd agree with. Just Psycho sticks out, I don't think it's even Hitchcocks best and wouldn't consider it one of the GOATS. I wish I had more time to see some the rest of those movies on your list.R0cky_Racc00n
Yes, I have seen all of them. Psycho is my favorite Hitchcock because it's his most interesting character study and it's also a very daring film. I've just kind of seen most of Hitchcok as overrated and I think the ending really ruined it for me. My favorite of his is Lifeboat. Just love the suspense and everything. I hear that a lot, I believe they had to explain the ending was because not many people would have catched on because no one has made a film like that. I could understand how that could someone off but I found the final frame and monologue by Bates after the explanation was great and I forgave it for it. :P
erine, I did have not heard of The Quince Tree of the Sun, but now that I know it's by the same Director of The Spirit of the Beehive I must track it down now...
erine, I did have not heard of The Quince Tree of the Sun, but now that I know it's by the same Director of The Spirit of the Beehive I must track it down now...Jazz_Fan
If your looking for an "objective" or "consensous" list than I would very much suggest They Shoot Pictures Don't They Top 1000 which is a list put together from many critic and institutional lists. Also their top directors is very good as well. Keep in mind though that these are just great starting off points if you want to explore cinema, theres alot more out there.
[QUOTE="Jazz_Fan"]erine, I did have not heard of The Quince Tree of the Sun, but now that I know it's by the same Director of The Spirit of the Beehive I must track it down now...ernie1989
The Thin Red Line. It's more of a meditation than a moving plot.kdawg88
There is rumor going around that Criterion is going to release it on DVD and Blu-Ray, so their is a chance that they will release the hours of deleted scenes into the film, I have not seen it yet which is a shame because I love Malick with Badlands and Days of Heaven being some of my favorites.
[QUOTE="kdawg88"]The Thin Red Line. It's more of a meditation than a moving plot.Jazz_Fan
There is rumor going around that Criterion is going to release it on DVD and Blu-Ray, so their is a chance that they will release the hours of deleted scenes into the film, I have not seen it yet which is a shame because I love Malick with Badlands and Days of Heaven being some of my favorites.
What about The New World? Also I wonder if he will ever finish making Tree of life.
You know, there's already A LOT of threads, and a LOT of books, and a LOT of stuff online about this topic. I'm really tired of it.
But I will give 5 that I don't often mention.
Apocalypse Now (Coppola)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Herzog)
The Third Man (Reed)
Cries and Whispers (Bergman)
Ran (I think Kurosawa's best, but never mentioned as much as the others, Kurosawa himself said it was his best film)
Samurai_Xavier
I realize that, but OT has a lot of knowledgable people on film so I was wondering their consensus on it. And I think I made it specific that I was looking for the best in a kind of technical perspective, and I came away with a new, interesting perspective from this thread when I saw some of the films mentioned. I found out from this thread that the best movies are truely subjective, because people that have seen a large amount of great movies had interesting choices in their lists. I hope you see why I posted "yet another" one of these topics in OT.
[QUOTE="Crimtmp"] Because its Bruce Lee, because its the first really great Martial Arts movie...which in case you havent seen many...they dont have great acting or great plots. Crimtmp
there are plent of great actors in rubbish films. it may have been the first, but it just isnt a great movie in it own respect. if it was released today, no one would look twice. you can bet they would at the godfather tho. i dont think a film can be called one of the greatest movies ever if it doesnt stand the test of time at all.
Well Drama is such a genre where if you release a flawless film then it will stand the test of time. Other genres are not like that, if Halloween were released today it would flop, if Jaws were released it would flop...I just dont think thats a fair argument.
so you enjoy old films just cos they're old? i know you didnt say that exactly, but how can one possibly enjoy a film like enter the dragon after watching something like the bourne supremacy or die hard 4 or terminator 2? if there was no nostalgia involved, it wouldn't be enjoyable to most people i would think.
You know, there's already A LOT of threads, and a LOT of books, and a LOT of stuff online about this topic. I'm really tired of it.
But I will give 5 that I don't often mention.
Apocalypse Now (Coppola)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Herzog)
The Third Man (Reed)
Cries and Whispers (Bergman)
Ran (I think Kurosawa's best, but never mentioned as much as the others, Kurosawa himself said it was his best film)
R0cky_Racc00n
I realize that, but OT has a lot of knowledgable people on film so I was wondering their consensus on it. And I think I made it specific that I was looking for the best in a kind of technical perspective, and I came away with a new, interesting perspective from this thread when I saw some of the films mentioned. I found out from this thread that the best movies are truely subjective, because people that have seen a large amount of great movies had interesting choices in their lists. I hope you see why I posted "yet another" one of these topics in OT.
I recommend you join the Film Appreciation union if you haven't already. Worked for me. :)
Spirited Away The LoTR trilogy Shawshank Redemption Spiderman Trilogy Godfather 1 & 2 Howl's Moving Castle OK any Miyazaki film aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I can't think of much else off the top of my head. Damn you Tylenol for kicking in as I typed this.
The Monkey Who Destroyed the Moon: A Cautionary Tale for Young Turtles. I haven't made this film yet, but when I do it will top all your lists, no doubt.
Though it's all subjective, the TC's post has a number which I think are the best as well. My personal favorites are Schindlers List and The Shawshank Redemption
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